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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3011 

To improve the safety of individuals by taking measures to end drunk driving. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2019 

Miss RICE of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To improve the safety of individuals by taking measures 

to end drunk driving. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Drunk Driving 

5 Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities represent 

2 approximately one-third of all highway fatalities in 

3 the United States in a given year. 

4 (2) First offenders are responsible for approxi5 mately two-thirds of drunk driving arrests and one6 third are from repeat offenders. 

7 (3) In 2017, there were 10,874 alcohol-im8 paired driving fatalities in the United States. 

9 (4) The National Highway Traffic Safety Ad10 ministration has partnered with automobile manu11 facturers to develop alcohol detection technologies 

12 that may be installed in vehicles to prevent drunk 

13 driving. 

14 (5) An estimated 59,000 lives and 

15 $343,000,000,000 may be saved over a 15-year pe16 riod by the widespread installation of alcohol detec17 tion technologies in motor vehicles. 

18 SEC. 3. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO END DRUNK DRIVING. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 years after the 

20 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 

21 a final rule prescribing or amending a Federal motor vehi22 cle safety standard that would prevent operation of a 

23 motor vehicle when the operator is under the influence of 

24 alcohol. The standard shall— 


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1 (1) prevent the operation of the motor vehicle 

2 if the operator’s blood alcohol content is above the 

3 legal limit; and 

4 (2) require such technology to be— 

5 (A) reliable and accurate; 

6 (B) set at the legal limit; 

7 (C) unobtrusive and fast; 

8 (D) tamper-proof/circumvention-resistant; 

9 (E) functionary in extreme environments 

10 (both hot and cold); and 

11 (F) easily maintained. 

12 SEC. 4. USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES TO PRE13 VENT REPEAT INTOXICATED DRIVING. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 

15 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘§ 171. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent re18 peat intoxicated driving 

19 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 ‘‘(1) ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION.—The term 

21 ‘alcohol concentration’ means grams of alcohol per 

22 100 milliliters of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 

23 liters of breath. 

24 ‘‘(2) DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED; DRIVING

25 UNDER THE INFLUENCE.—The terms ‘driving while 


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1 intoxicated’ and ‘driving under the influence’ mean 

2 driving or being in actual physical control of a motor 

3 vehicle in a State while having a blood alcohol con4 centration that is greater than or equal to the lesser 

5 of— 

6 ‘‘(A) the blood alcohol concentration limit 

7 of the State in which the individual is driving; 

8 or 

9 ‘‘(B) 0.08 percent. 

10 ‘‘(3) IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE.—The term 

11 ‘ignition interlock device’ means an in-vehicle device 

12 that— 

13 ‘‘(A) requires a driver to provide a breath 

14 sample prior to the motor vehicle starting; and 

15 ‘‘(B) prevents a motor vehicle from start16 ing if the alcohol concentration of the driver is 

17 above the legal limit. 

18 ‘‘(4) MOTOR VEHICLE.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘motor vehi20 cle’ means a vehicle driven or drawn by me21 chanical power and manufactured primarily for 

22 use on public highways. 

23 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘motor vehi24 cle’ does not include— 


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1 ‘‘(i) a vehicle operated solely on a rail 

2 line; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) a commercial vehicle. 

4 ‘‘(b) LAWS REQUIRING IGNITION INTERLOCK DE5 VICES.—A State meets the requirements of this subsection 

6 if the State has enacted and is enforcing a law that re7 quires throughout the State the installation of an ignition 

8 interlock device for a minimum of 180 days on each motor 

9 vehicle operated by an individual who is convicted of driv10 ing while intoxicated or driving under the influence. 

11 ‘‘(c) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR NONCOMPLI12 ANCE.— 

13 ‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2022.—On October 1, 2021, 

14 the Secretary shall withhold 1 percent of the amount 

15 required to be apportioned to a State under each of 

16 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State 

17 does not meet the requirements of subsection (b) of 

18 this section. 

19 ‘‘(2) FISCAL YEAR 2023.—On October 1, 2022, 

20 the Secretary shall withhold 3 percent of the amount 

21 required to be apportioned to a State under each of 

22 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State 

23 does not meet the requirements of subsection (b) of 

24 this section. 


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1 ‘‘(3) FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND THEREAFTER.—On 

2 October 1, 2023, and on October 1 of each fiscal 

3 year thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold 5 per4 cent of the amount required to be apportioned to a 

5 State under each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of sec6 tion 104(b) if the State does not meet the require7 ments of subsection (b) of this section. 

8 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD

9 FUNDS; EFFECT OF COMPLIANCE AND NONCOMPLI10 ANCE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD

12 FUNDS.—Any funds withheld under subsection (c) 

13 from apportionment to a State shall remain available 

14 for apportionment to the State until the end of the 

15 third fiscal year following the fiscal year for which 

16 the funds are authorized to be appropriated. 

17 ‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT OF WITHHELD FUNDS

18 AFTER COMPLIANCE.—If, before the last day of the 

19 period for which funds withheld under subsection (c) 

20 from apportionment are to remain available for ap21 portionment to a State under paragraph (1), the 

22 State meets the requirements of subsection (b), the 

23 Secretary shall, on the first day on which the State 

24 meets the requirements of subsection (b), apportion 

25 to the State the funds withheld under subsection (c) 


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1 that remain available for apportionment to the 

2 State. 

3 ‘‘(3) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF SUBSE4 QUENTLY APPORTIONED FUNDS.—Any funds appor5 tioned pursuant to paragraph (2)— 

6 ‘‘(A) shall remain available for expenditure 

7 until the end of the third fiscal year following 

8 the fiscal year in which the funds are so appor9 tioned; and 

10 ‘‘(B) if not apportioned at the end of that 

11 period, shall lapse. 

12 ‘‘(4) EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—If, at the 

13 end of the period for which funds withheld under 

14 subsection (c) from apportionment are available for 

15 apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the 

16 State does not meet the requirements of subsection 

17 (b), the funds shall lapse.’’. 

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

19 chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 

20 adding at the end the following: 

‘‘171. Use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving.’’. 

21 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

22 In this Act, the following definitions apply: 

23 (1) ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING.—The term 

24 ‘‘alcohol-impaired driving’’ means operation of a 

25 motor vehicle (as defined in section 30102(a)(6) of 


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1 title 49, United States Code) by an individual whose 

2 blood alcohol content is at or above the legal limit. 

3 (2) LEGAL LIMIT.—The term ‘‘legal limit’’ 

4 means a blood alcohol concentration of— 

5 (A) 0.08 percent or greater (as specified in 

6 section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code); 

7 or 

8 (B) such other percentage limitation as 

9 may be established by applicable Federal, State, 

10 or local law. 

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